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1962 season track map

Category 5 (≥137kt)Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)Post-tropical / disturbance

Storms: OPAL (145kt), RUTH (160kt), AMY (140kt), EMMA (140kt), KAREN (160kt), GEORGIA (130kt), THELMA (115kt), GILDA (115kt), DINAH (100kt), FREDA (100kt), IVY (100kt), LUCY (100kt), HOPE (80kt), JOAN (80kt), KATE (80kt), LOUISE (80kt), NORA (75kt), PATSY (65kt), SARAH (75kt), VERA (70kt), WANDA (95kt), CARLA:CLARA (70kt), JEAN (90kt), FRAN (45kt), IRIS (60kt), MARGE (40kt), BABE:BABS (55kt), HARRIET (50kt), MARY (45kt), NADINE (50kt)

Hurricane-strength landfalls, 1962

Attributed to whichever basin a storm was actually crossing at the moment of landfall, matching the H/MH Landfalls columns above — that can differ from a storm's genesis basin shown elsewhere on this site.

  • 1962 WP06 — KATE
  • 1962 WP10 — OPALMH
  • 1962 WP14 — THELMA
  • 1962 WP16 — WANDA
  • 1962 WP17 — AMYMH
  • 1962 WP19 — CARLA:CLARA
  • 1962 WP20 — DINAH
  • 1962 WP27 — KARENMH
  • 1962 WP28 — LUCY

Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1962

  • 1962 WP10 — OPAL
  • 1962 WP17 — AMY
  • 1962 WP27 — KAREN